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MrsEaves

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Yeah. It read to me like it was the equivalent of part of her body to her, not to mention I can’t imagine having to go back to a debilitating disability after you’ve found something that works so well.

I also wish I had a better understanding of exactly why it had to come out. Like, I know the company was out of money, but if it’s already in and produced, why does it need to be removed? If there is a software dependency, is there no way to run it locally to avoid server costs? It seems extremely irresponsible not to have a backup plan for this situation that isn’t just “let me perform invasive surgery to make your life worse”.

MrsEaves,
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I’m an Apollo-only user from Reddit and on an iPad Pro. kbin as a progressive web app works better and makes better use of screen real estate on my device, and Reddit’s website is miserably designed for me - “show more comments” everywhere, very little information density, ads intermixed with content that make me question what subreddit I’m in, and more. I was also an Alien Blue user for years before the app was purchased, and Reddit had every opportunity to take that app, leave it alone, and make it the official app (and it was the best client I ever used for Reddit by far). I just… can’t. This is my second go around with this bull and I’m done. I have no problem with companies making money, especially those that provide a good service, but Reddit paid significant sums to make my experience worse, and when I went to find an alternative, they destroyed that too.

I didn’t need “improvements”. Things were fine. Literally, they could have just changed the app name from Alien Blue to Reddit and I would have been thrilled. I don’t want Reddit’s “improvements”. Sometimes a mature app is a mature app and you don’t need to muck with the UI. I’m also furious at the treatment of third-party developers throughout this - not just Apollo’s developer, though that’s an extra special type of anger I have for that, but for everyone. 30 days notice for this kind of price increase? That is absolutely not realistic. I want nothing to do with Reddit right now as a company - these are not a kind of people I want to support.

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